USD Men's Tennis 1990

1990 TORERO TENNIS

PLAYER PROFILES

KEVIN BRADLEY, Freshman, 19, 6-2, 170, Las Vegas, Nevada Valley High School ... ranked #2 in lntermountain B18 in '88, #61 in USTA ... '88 Nevada State High School Champ . . . '88 lntermountain Sectl Sgls Fist ... '88 St. Louis Invitational Sgls and Obis Champ .. . reached rd of 16 at '88 USTA Natl Indoors B18 ... 5th place at '88 Fiesta Bowl B18 ... '89 SD Metro Obis Fist (w/Hofmann). Major: Business. TIM BUBNACK, Senior, 22, 6-0, 165, Rancho Santa Fe, California Torrey Pines High School, U. of Oklahoma . .. ranked #6 in San Diego B18 in '86, #40 in SoCal . . . member of San Diego's '86 USTA Nat'I Cities Team Champion . . . high school team won '85 SDCIF Team Championship ... played #5 sgls, #1 dbls at OU in '87 ... '88 SD Intercollegiate #3 Obis Fist (w/Choi) ... '88 SD Metro Obis Fist (w/Edwards) . . '89 USD sgls record of 2-2 at #6, 3-3 at #3 doubles (w/Choi). Major: Business. SVEN DARGATZ, Sophomore, 21 , 6-3, 170, Berlin, FRG Ulrich-v-Hutten High School ... ranked top-20 in Germany B18 ... '86 Berlin Junior Sgls Fist, Obis Champion ... '89 USD sgls record of 2-1 at #6, 0-2 at #3 dbls. Major: Business Administration. JAMES EDWARDS, Senior, 21 , 5-10, 160, Denver, Colorado Manual High School ... ranked #3 in lntermountain B18 in '86 ... #64 in USTA, #8 in doubles (w/ Ian Skidmore) ... '86 Colorado St. HS Champ ... '87 WCAC Sgls Semiflst ... '87-88 WCAC All-Academic Team ... '88 SD Intercollegiate #2 Obis Fist (w/Farren) ... '89 San Diego Metro Sgls Champ .. . '89 USD sgls record of 14-7 at #5, 10-4 at #2 dbls. Major: Business. LUKE FITZSIMONS, Freshman, 18, 6-0, 165, New Canaan, Connecticut New Canaan High School ... ranked #22 in New England LTA B18 in '88 ... '88 Southern Conn. B18 Sgls Champ. Major: Intl Business. MICHAEL GEIGER, Freshman, 22, 6-4, 165, Germering, West Germany Huber High School PHILIPPE HOFMANN, Freshman, 19, 5-11 , 160, Mannedorf, Switzerland Abrxas School, San Diego ... ranked #26 in SoCal B18 in '88. Major: Business. DAN MATTERA, Senior, 21 , 6-0, 175, Lomita , California South Torrance High School ... ranked #12 in SoCal B18 in '86, #45 in USTA in '87, #10, in doubles (w/Mike Noel) ... 7th place at '86 Fiesta Bowl B18 ... '87 SoCal Obis Champ (w/Noel) ... undefeated at '87 USTA lntersect'ls.. . '87 SD Intercollegiate Champ at #5-6 and #3 dbls (w/Chris Smith) ... '87, '88, '89 WCC All– Academic Team .. . '87 Rolex/lTCA SoCal Regional Sgls Fist ... '89 SD Inter– collegiate #5-6 Champ .. . '89 wee Sgls and Obis (w/Dadian) Fist ... '89 Volvo Collegiate Scholar/Athlete award recipient . .. "89 USD sgls record of 23-6 at #6, 10-2 at #3 dbls (w/Dadian). Major: Business. BOB MEHRAN, Junior, 21 , 6-0, 165, Solana Beach, California Bishop's High School ... ranked #7 in San Diego B18 in '86, #40 in SoCal ... 2 years AII-CIF in San Diego .. . played #1 at Bishop's .. . '88 USD redshirt ... '89 USD sgls record of 2-0 at #6. Major: Pre-Dental. JOSE LUIS NORIEGA, Sophomore, 20, 5-10, 155, Lima, Peru Colegio lmmaculada . .. ranked #15 in ITF juniors .. . 1986 Peruvian B18 Nat'I Champion . . . '87 South American Junior Champion . . . '87 German Open Junior Champ . .. '87 Italian Open Junior Obis Champ (w/Gustavo Carbonari) ... '89 WCC Sgls and Obis Champ (Obis w/Stewart) . . . reached rd of 16 at '89 NCAA Chps . .. '89 NCAA I All-American ... '89 Volvo/lTCA sgls ranking of #17, #39 in dbls (w/Stewart) ... '89 Volvo Tennis/Rookie Player of the Year, Region 8 ... '89 Dupont Intercollegiate Nat'I Clay Court Champion ... '89 San Diego All-College Sgls & Obis Champ (Toomey) ... '89 USD sgls record of 11-2, 6-2 at #1 dbls. Major: Business. THOMAS SIMONSEN, Junior, 22 , 6-2, 170, Bergen, Norway Tanks High School ... ranked #4 in Norway B18 in '86 ... '84 Norwegian Jr. Obis Champ U16 . . member of Norwegian Nat'I Team U16 and U18 . . '89 USD dbls record of 0-2 at #3. Major: Business. CHRIS TOOMEY, Senior, 21 , 6-1 , 165, Poway, California

Front Row: Asst. Coach Jim Kellogg, J.R. Edwards, Luke FitzSimons, Coach Ed Collins, Philippe Hofmann, Bob Mehran, Asst. Coach Barry Ponticello. Back Row: Jose Luis Noriega, Chris Toomey, Dan Mattera, Thomas Simonsen, Tim Bubnack, Michael Geiger, Kevin Bradley, Sven Dargatz.

1990 OUTLOOK

The University of San Diego will field another strong men's tennis team in 1990. How strong the team will be remains to be answered. Back to lead the Toreros is sophomore Jose Luis Noriega, last year's #1 player and an NCAA All-American. Also returning are a trio of seniors who figured promi– nently in last year's 25-7 season, where USD won the wee Championships and earned a first-ever bid to the NCAA's: Chris Toomey (San Diego), 25-4 at #3-4, Dan Mattera (Lomita, CA), 23-6 at #5-6 and J.R. Edwards (Denver, CO), 14-7 at #5-6. In preseason Division I Volvo Collegiate Rankings USD is listed at #17, tied with Tennessee. Missing from the '90 lineup will be 4 players who graduated last spring : Dave Stewart (#2), Mark Farren (#3), Curtis Dadian (#7) and Rick Matheson (#8) gave

Jose Luis Noriega '89 Nat'I Clay Court Champion

the Toreros one of the deepest teams in the nation. 12-year USD Coach Ed Collins will count on improvement, freshman Kevin Bradley and several '89 reserves to fill the gap. Bradley, the '88 Nevada State High School Champion, has given early indication that he'll help the Toreros. He reached the round of 16 at the '88 USTA Boys' 18 Indoors, was 5th at the '88 Fiesta Bowl and won the '88 St. Louis Invitational. Competing for the #6 singles spot will be senior Tim Bubnack (Del Mar, CA), junior Thomas Simonsen (Bergen, Norway), sophomores Sven Dargatz (Berlin, FGA) and Bob Mehran (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) and freshman Philippe Hofmann (Mannedorf, Switzerland.) "Our top 4 players are as solid as ever," said Collins. "They are proven winners, as shown by their records." Fall results gave Collins reason for optimism. Noriega, ranked pre-season #6, gave USD its first national champion by winning the Dupont Intercollegiate National Clay Court Championships. Jose Luis beat Georgia's Al Parker in the semis and Texas' Steve Bryan in the finals. Edwards won the 44th San Diego Metropolitan and reached the record of 16, along with Toomey, at the Rolex Regionals. Bradley was a finalist at the SDSU Open, and together with Hofmann, won the doubles. How the team will pair up in doubles is a question at the time of this writing . Broken up by graduation are all 3 of last year's teams. The tentative #1 team is Noriega and Toomey, who won the '89 San Diego All-College Tournament. "Bradley will definitely help us in doubles," said Collins, "and Tim Bubnack, a fine doubles player, should find a spot in the lineup this year." The challenge of the '90 USD Tennis Team will be to duplicate last year's success, but without the depth of the '89 team. The '90 Torero squad will test their skills with the nation's very best teams; in addition to playing dual matches with Stanford, UCLA, USC, Cal Berkeley, UC Irvine and Pepperdine, USD will participate in the Blue-Gray National Collegiate Tennis Classic.

Poway High School, U of Oklahoma .. . ranked #1 in San Diego B18 in '86, #10 in SoCal ... '86 SoCal Sect'I Obis Champion (w/Tommy Phanco) . .. '86 SD-CIF Doubles Champion (w/Doug Failla) . finished 3rd at Big 8 Conference #2 sgls and #2 dbls . overall 2-year record of 27-15 at #2 sgls at Oklahoma ... '89 SD Intercollegiate #1 Obis Fist (w/Farren) ... best '89

USD record for sgls, dbls, tie-breaker, 3-set w/1 and comeback ... '89 San Diego All– College Sgls Fist, Obis Champ (w/Noriega) .. USD sgls record of 25-4 at #3-4, 15-4 at #2 dbls (w/Farren). Major: Business.